Education

Educator Preparation Institute (EPI)
Changing careers? - Come and change lives! If education is your major, you have chosen an excellent place to begin. At SCC you will start preparing to become a teacher by visiting local schools and working directly with students and teachers your first year. The focus is real world and hands-on.

We at Seminole Community College are particularly proud of our relationship with the University of Central Florida. We work closely with UCF's College of Education, which allows the education courses you complete at SCC to transfer easily to UCF.

Elementary Education majors can continue toward their Bachelor's degree by taking courses offered by UCF's College of Education on SCC's campus.

3 'n 3 - Weekend Course Schedule

Requirements - Pre-Professional Core

Before earning your Associate of Arts degree and transferring into a college of education, you must complete the following courses:

In order to enter an upper division teacher training program in Florida's State University System, students must pass all four parts of the CLAST or have passing score on the General Knowledge Exam. 

• Math: 9 units to include college algebra, College Mathematics and Statistical Methods I
• Social Science: 9 units to include General psychology and U.S. Federal Government
• History: 3 units to include any American History

Elementary and Exceptional Education majors who plan to transfer to UCF must also complete:

Before transferring to UCF Early Childhood Education majors are encouraged to take:

Science Requirements

All education majors must complete nine hours of natural science course with a laboratory component. The areas must include:

• biology (3 hrs)
• earth science (3 hrs)
• physical science (3 hrs)

The laboratory course you choose will count toward the general education requirement for the AA degree. Suggested science lab courses include :

Humanities

Students are required to take six units in Humanities.

To meet this requirement:

• The first course must be any Area A Humanities course listed in the SCC catalog.
• The second course may be from Area A Humanities or you may select a class with one of the following prefixes: ARH, ENG, IDH, MUL, THE, HUM, MUH, PHI 2010 or PHI 2011.

Additional freshman and sophomore requirements exist according to the educational specialty you intend to complete. It is your responsibility to contact a counselor as soon as you enter SCC so you can complete your education program as efficiently as possible.

For more information, please call: 407.708.2082.

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